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REGINA — It was like having a God cook for you. Executive Chef Yoshi Chubachi, one of the premier chefs in Canada, flew in from Azuridge Estate Hotel in Priddis, Alta., to present a travelling chef’s table is revered in Canadian and international circles. Highly decorated, Cef Yoshi has been a member of Culinary Team Canada for 20 years and has competed at the Culinary Olympics 12 times. A competitor to watch, he’s almost always a shoe-in for gold. At his final competition at the 2000 Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany, he and Team Canada took home Grand Gold, the most coveted prize for having points above gold.

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Purolator has announced that its terminal and shipping centre in Regina have moved into a larger facility at 120 Hodsman Road. The new 42,000-square-foot property is 20 per cent larger than its previous location at 702 Toronto St.

As a professional engineer, with an MBA and 20 years’ experience as a senior executive in both private and public sectors, Richmond (Dick) Graham, the new president and CEO of the Regina Airport Authority, is well qualified for the job of running Regina International Airport.

Three British schoolgirls believed to have gone to Syria to become "jihadi" brides. Three young men charged in New York with plotting to join the Islamic State group and carry out attacks on American soil. A masked, knife-wielding militant from London who is the face of terror in videos showing Western hostages beheaded.

Kurt Busch has agreed to follow NASCAR's guidelines to be eligible for eventual reinstatement. Busch was indefinitely suspended Feb. 20 after a judge said he believed Busch likely committed domestic violence against an ex-girlfriend and there was a "substantial likelihood" of him doing it again. Busch lost two rounds of appeals to be reinstated before the season-opening Daytona 500.

Michael Jordan and two other NBA owners have joined Forbes' list of the world's billionaires. Forbes released the list Monday and noted Jordan's net worth is estimated at $1 billion, thanks to his well-timed investment in the Charlotte Hornets. Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander ($1.6 billion) and the Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf ($1.3 billion) also made the list.

Whether he was piling up majors or playing so poorly that he lost his PGA Tour card, Padraig Harrington never wavered from one goal in golf. Just get him anywhere near the lead with nine holes to play, and he would happily take his chances.

Pat Venditte is used to it by now. Teammates, coaches and others regularly stop him for a chance to check out his oneof-a-kind glove, the same one he has used for years featuring space for either hand.

Backed by Iranian-supported Shiite militias, Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive Monday to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State group, the first in a series of campaigns to try to reclaim large parts of northern Iraq from the Sunni extremists.

Amid rising U.S.-Israeli tensions, a defiant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will not back down from a planned speech to the U.S. Congress the White House says is a deliberate attempt to scuttle a nuclear deal with Iran.